July 23
Today is the 204th day of 2017, there are 161 days left in the year.
1829 - William Burt patented a forerunner of the typewriter.
1885 - Ulysses. S. Grant, the 18th president of the United States, died at Mount McGregor, New York, at age 63.
1914 - Austria and Hungary issued an ultimatum to Serbia after the assassination of Archduke Ferdinand, precipitating World War I.
1945 - Vichy government leader Marshal Henri Petain went on trial for treason.
1952 - Revolution erupted in Egypt as the military, led by Gen. Abdel Nasser, took power in a bloodless coup. The following year the monarchy was abolished and for the first time since the pharaohs, Egypt was again ruled by Egyptians.
1962 - The first public TV transmissions over Telstar 1 took place during a special program featuring live shots beamed from the United States to Europe, and vice versa.
1967 - Five days of deadly rioting erupted in Detroit as an early morning police raid on a "blind pig" (an unlicensed bar) at the intersection of 12th Street and Clairmount Avenue resulted in a confrontation with local residents that escalated into violence that spread into other parts of the city; 43 people, mostly blacks, were killed.
1982 - Actor Vic Morrow and two child actors, 7-year-old Myca Dinh Le and 6-year-old Renee Shin-Yi Chen, were killed when a helicopter crashed on top of them during filming of a Vietnam War scene for "Twilight Zone: The Movie." (Director John Landis and four associates were later acquitted of manslaughter.)
1984 - Vanessa Williams became the first Miss America to resign her title because of nude photographs published in Penthouse magazine.
1986 - Britain's Prince Andrew married Sarah Ferguson at Westminster Abbey in London. (The couple divorced in 1996.)
1995 - The Hale-Bopp Comet was discovered by Alan Hale and Thomas Bopp.
1997 - Serbian president Slobodan Milosevic was sworn in as president of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia.
2003 - Massachusetts' attorney general issued a report saying clergy members and others in the Boston Archdiocese probably sexually abused more than 1,000 people over six decades.
2007 - In the first political debate of its kind, all eight Democratic Party contenders, appearing on CNN, fielded questions submitted by the public on YouTube.
2011 - Singer Amy Winehouse was found dead in her London home from accidental alcohol poisoning. She was 27.
Birthdays
19 - Lexi Downie (model)
21 - Danielle Bradbery (country singer)
28 - Daniel Radcliffe (actor)
35 - Paul Wesley (actor)
36 - Ampika Pickston (reality star)
37 - Michelle Williams (singer)
40 - Tamara Wall (actress)
44 - Monica Lewinsky (activist)
44 - Boo Weekley (golfer)
45 - Marlon Wayans (actor)
47 - Charisma Carpenter (actress)
49 - Stephanie Seymour (model)
52 - Slash (guitarist)
56 - Woody Harrelson (actor)
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Today in Sports History - July 23
1866 - The Cincinnati Reds baseball club is established.
1921 - Edward Gourdin of the United States sets a new world record in the long jump at 25 feet, 2 3/4 inches.
1978 - Philadelphia Phillies' Steve Carlon becomes 78th pitcher to win 200.
2000 - Tiger Woods became the youngest golfer to complete a career Grand Slam when he won the British Open at age 24.
2000 - Lance Armstrong wins his second Tour de France.
2006 - American cyclist Floyd Landis wins the Tour de France; however, tour officials soon announce that he has failed a doping test.
2009 - Mark Buehrle of the Chicago White Sox pitched the 18th perfect game in major league history in a 5-0 win over the Tampa Bay Rays.
2012 - Penn State's football program was all but leveled by penalties for its handling of the Jerry Sandusky child sex abuse scandal as the NCAA imposed an unprecedented $60 million fine, a four-year ban from postseason play and a cut in the number of football scholarships it could award.
2016 - Punters Sam Foltz from the University of Nebraska and Mike Sadler from Michigan State University were killed in a car crash in Wisconsin.
Today is the 204th day of 2017, there are 161 days left in the year.
1829 - William Burt patented a forerunner of the typewriter.
1885 - Ulysses. S. Grant, the 18th president of the United States, died at Mount McGregor, New York, at age 63.
1914 - Austria and Hungary issued an ultimatum to Serbia after the assassination of Archduke Ferdinand, precipitating World War I.
1945 - Vichy government leader Marshal Henri Petain went on trial for treason.
1952 - Revolution erupted in Egypt as the military, led by Gen. Abdel Nasser, took power in a bloodless coup. The following year the monarchy was abolished and for the first time since the pharaohs, Egypt was again ruled by Egyptians.
1962 - The first public TV transmissions over Telstar 1 took place during a special program featuring live shots beamed from the United States to Europe, and vice versa.
1967 - Five days of deadly rioting erupted in Detroit as an early morning police raid on a "blind pig" (an unlicensed bar) at the intersection of 12th Street and Clairmount Avenue resulted in a confrontation with local residents that escalated into violence that spread into other parts of the city; 43 people, mostly blacks, were killed.
1982 - Actor Vic Morrow and two child actors, 7-year-old Myca Dinh Le and 6-year-old Renee Shin-Yi Chen, were killed when a helicopter crashed on top of them during filming of a Vietnam War scene for "Twilight Zone: The Movie." (Director John Landis and four associates were later acquitted of manslaughter.)
1984 - Vanessa Williams became the first Miss America to resign her title because of nude photographs published in Penthouse magazine.
1986 - Britain's Prince Andrew married Sarah Ferguson at Westminster Abbey in London. (The couple divorced in 1996.)
1995 - The Hale-Bopp Comet was discovered by Alan Hale and Thomas Bopp.
1997 - Serbian president Slobodan Milosevic was sworn in as president of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia.
2003 - Massachusetts' attorney general issued a report saying clergy members and others in the Boston Archdiocese probably sexually abused more than 1,000 people over six decades.
2007 - In the first political debate of its kind, all eight Democratic Party contenders, appearing on CNN, fielded questions submitted by the public on YouTube.
2011 - Singer Amy Winehouse was found dead in her London home from accidental alcohol poisoning. She was 27.
Birthdays
19 - Lexi Downie (model)
21 - Danielle Bradbery (country singer)
28 - Daniel Radcliffe (actor)
35 - Paul Wesley (actor)
36 - Ampika Pickston (reality star)
37 - Michelle Williams (singer)
40 - Tamara Wall (actress)
44 - Monica Lewinsky (activist)
44 - Boo Weekley (golfer)
45 - Marlon Wayans (actor)
47 - Charisma Carpenter (actress)
49 - Stephanie Seymour (model)
52 - Slash (guitarist)
56 - Woody Harrelson (actor)
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Today in Sports History - July 23
1866 - The Cincinnati Reds baseball club is established.
1921 - Edward Gourdin of the United States sets a new world record in the long jump at 25 feet, 2 3/4 inches.
1978 - Philadelphia Phillies' Steve Carlon becomes 78th pitcher to win 200.
2000 - Tiger Woods became the youngest golfer to complete a career Grand Slam when he won the British Open at age 24.
2000 - Lance Armstrong wins his second Tour de France.
2006 - American cyclist Floyd Landis wins the Tour de France; however, tour officials soon announce that he has failed a doping test.
2009 - Mark Buehrle of the Chicago White Sox pitched the 18th perfect game in major league history in a 5-0 win over the Tampa Bay Rays.
2012 - Penn State's football program was all but leveled by penalties for its handling of the Jerry Sandusky child sex abuse scandal as the NCAA imposed an unprecedented $60 million fine, a four-year ban from postseason play and a cut in the number of football scholarships it could award.
2016 - Punters Sam Foltz from the University of Nebraska and Mike Sadler from Michigan State University were killed in a car crash in Wisconsin.
